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Indigenous Peoples Day Hours

A library location will be open in each ward on Monday, Oct. 14 in observance of Indigenous Peoples Day. Neighborhood libraries will be open from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library will be open from 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 

  • Ward 1 – Mt. Pleasant Library
  • Ward 2 – Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library* 
  • Ward 3 – Tenley-Friendship Library
  • Ward 4 – Petworth Library
  • Ward 5 – Woodridge Library
  • Ward 6 – Southwest Library
  • Ward 7 – Benning/Dorothy I. Height Library
  • Ward 8 – Anacostia Library

The DC Public Library is open online for customers 365 days a year! Access digital resources and watch live and pre-recorded virtual programs on Youtube. *Specialty departments like the Adult Learning Department, Center for Accessibility, the Labs at DC Public Library and The People's Archive are not open on holidays. 

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Interlibrary Loan is a way to request books, microfilm, articles and other material not owned by the DC Public Library. The service is available to DC Public Library customers with current library cards in good standing.



Customers assume cost of postage, insurance and handling charges. If the lending library charges a borrowing fee, that must be paid by the requesting customer. Materials cannot be requested from the Library of Congress.

Requests may be made for any items not owned by District of Columbia Public Library with the following exceptions:

  • No TV series or feature films
  • No items published or released within the past 6 months to one year. (To suggest a new title for the library to purchase, please visit our Suggest a Title form. Suggestions there are reviewed and acted upon weekly.)
  • No Playaways or digital materials such as eBooks and Audiobooks

Lending libraries will also generally restrict loans of textbooks, genealogy material and reference books.

You may place an Interlibrary Loan request in person at any DC Public Library neighborhood library. 

 

Your DC Public Library card also grants reciprocal privileges at the following neighboring public library systems. We can obtain interlibrary loans from them but you can also visit them to get a library card and borrow materials:

  • Alexandria
  • Arlington
  • Fairfax County
  • Falls Church  
  • Loudoun County
  • Montgomery County
  • Prince George's County
  • Prince William County
Audiences: All Ages
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Staff at any branch can help with submitting an interlibrary loan request.